Opinion

Voucher Program Overregulation Homogenizes Schools, Study Finds

Published November 14, 2017

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Overregulating voucher programs reduces diversity of school options, a new study has found.

States Should Not Wait for Congress to Fix Health Care

Published November 14, 2017

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Congress has failed to pass a replacement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Obamacare’s collapse is inevitable. To protect their citizens, state lawmakers should take the lead in passing free-market health care reforms.

Are US Vehicle Mileage Standards Obsolete?

Published November 13, 2017

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Regulations to reduce fuel consumption and to increase vehicle mileage were born during the oil shock of the 1970s. But within the last decade, the fracking revolution reestablished the United States as the world’s energy superpower.

Federal Lease Sales Critical to Maintaining America’s Energy Dominance

Published November 13, 2017

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The oil and gas industry has more than demonstrated its ability to operate safely in environmentally sensitive locations.

Capitalism and the Free Society, Part 2

Published November 13, 2017

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The free enterprise, or capitalist, system has done more to improve the material condition of humanity than any other economic arrangement of human cooperation in all of recorded history.

Capitalism and the Free Society, Part 1

Published November 13, 2017

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One of the leading ideological punching bags for well over one hundred years has been the ideas, institutions, and impact of “capitalism” on society.

Endangerment Finding Should be Reviewed and Repealed, says Think Tank

Published November 13, 2017

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Representatives of the Texas Public Policy Foundation met with Environmental Protection Agency staff to show why as a matter of law the agency should reconsider its endangerment finding concerning carbon dioxide.

Trump Commits $200 Million to Expand STEM Education

Published November 13, 2017

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President Trump signed a memorandum to devote hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to expanding STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and computer science education in schools across the nation.

The Market for Electricity is Rigged

Published November 10, 2017

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The preferential dispatch system used by many RTO/ISO grid operators favors wind and solar to the exclusion of critical baseload power from fossil fuel and nuclear power plants.

Government Allows California Water Project to Move Forward

Published November 10, 2017

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The Trump administration has cleared the way for a controversial project intended to draw water from beneath California’s Mojave Desert and sell it to water providers in Southern California.

Require Citizen Naturalization Test for Graduation, Organization Urges

Published November 10, 2017

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An initiative to require students across the nation to pass a civics exam in order to graduate from high school is making headway in the states.

Yet Another Reason Government Shouldn’t Be Involved In Energy

Published November 9, 2017

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There are lots and LOTS of reasons government shouldn’t choose which energy sources We the People use.

Honor Freedom and Sacrifice on Bill of Rights Day

Published November 9, 2017

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Declining understanding of and respect for the Bill of Rights threatens to bring on the loss of our liberties.

EPA Ends Obama-era Sue-and-Settle Policies

Published November 9, 2017

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The Environmental Protection Agency is ending a controversial practice known as “sue and settle,” under which the agency cuts deals with environmental groups leading to new regulations outside of the normal regulatory process.

Academic Journal Withdraws Article on Colonialism

Published November 9, 2017

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With college campuses having been wracked by protests against conservative speakers in the past year, the fight against free speech has taken a new turn with the withdrawal of a column in a scholarly journal upon threats of violence against the editor.

Rumors About Betsy DeVos’ Resignation Squelched

Published November 8, 2017

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School Choice Weekly #199

Cook County Soda Tax Repeal Gives Taxpayers a Halloween Treat

Published November 8, 2017

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As Halloween passes, lawmakers in cities across the country should take a cue from Cook County, Illinois and give taxpayers a treat by ditching burdensome sin taxes, including excise taxes on soda and other sweetened beverages.

Study of Wisconsin Voter ID Law Is a Study in Errors

Published November 8, 2017

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"Voter deterrence" in Wisconsin is not as sinister as advertised.

Colorado Judge Pulls Plug on Netflix Tax Lawsuit

Published November 8, 2017

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Lawyers representing Netflix sued the City of Loveland, Colorado, alleging the government was violating state and federal laws by taxing streaming services. A Colorado state judge pulled the plug on the lawsuit just a few days later, after the city withdr

Can President Trump Revive Coal?

Published November 8, 2017

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EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt recently announced a withdrawal of the Clean Power Plan regulations intended to reduce electric utilities’ greenhouse gas emissions.